Garment-hanger.



nu. 678,073. Patented July 9, |901.

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GARMENT HANGER.

(Applicntion lsd Feb, 81, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES' PATENT OEEICE.

FREDERICK M. OSGOOD, OF MANCHESTER, HAMPSHIRE.

, GARMEJNT-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,073, dated July 9,-1901. A Application filed February 21, 1901. Serial No. 48,267. (No model.) Y

To a/ZZ whom/it may concern,.- v l Be it known that I, FREDERICK M. OseooD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Man# chester, county of Hillsboro, State of New Hampshire, have invented an Improvement in Garment-Hangers, of which the following description, in connection with the accom-v panying drawings, is a specification, like figures on the drawings representing like parts.

- This invention relates to garment-hangers; and it is the object of the invention to provide a collapsible or folding garment-hanger which when extended is adapted to support an entire suit-that is, both the trousers and coat and vest of a gentlemans suit or the skirt and jacket of a ladys suit.

To this end my invention comprises a suitable head, to which is swiveled, preferably by a ball-and-socket joint, a supporting-hook, the said head having pivoted thereto, on opposite sides thereof, wings, which when in operative position are adapted to sustaina coat or similar garment. The head has also pivotally connected thereto and depending therefrom a pair of garment-supporting arms which have attached to their lower ends springclamps, the said clamps being adapted to grip the waistband-of a pair of trousers or a skirt, as the case may be. The arms are connected together by a toggle-joint, the ends of the toggle-levers extending beyond the arms and being pivotally connected to the wings by a suitable link. With this construction when the toggle-levers of the toggle-joint are4 brought into alinement and locked in such position the garment-supporting arms arev spread to such a width that the spring-clamps at the end thereof are inproper position to,V

p folded to occupy a minimum space.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows `my vgarment-hanger extended Fig. 2 illustrates the garment-hangerfolded or collapsed. Fig. 3 is a section on the line Fig; 1. Fig. Llis an enlarged view of one of the clamps on theV garment-'supporting arms. Fig. 5 is a plan View of one of the wings; and Fig. 6 is a section on the line y y, Fig. 1. l

The head to which the Wings and garment;

supporting arms are pivoted is designated by 3, audit has the hook 8'swiveled thereto, the

said head being preferably made from ablank of sheet metal, 'which is bent to form the depending side fianges 4, vbetween which the wings and arms, hereinafter described, arev preferably pivoted. Each side flange has the concave half-round socket 5 therein, the said sockets being opposite each other, as seen in Fig.v3, and forming a seat for the spherical enlargement 6 on the end of the shank 7 of the supporting-hook 8, the shank 7 of the hook passing through a suitable aperture 9 in the' top of the Ahead, as best seen in Fig. 3. This ball-and-socket connection between the hook and the head enables the hook-to be freely turned about a vertical axis, and by.

placing the half-round socket 5 some distance below the aperture 9 the hook isvbraced and held firmly in an upright position. Pivoted to the head, on opposite sides thereof and preferably between the fianges 4,are the wings 0, which form the Vsupporting means for the coat or jacket or similar garment,'thesaid Wings being supported upon suitable pivotpins l2. These wings are preferably made of wire and are of the shape illustrated in,

Fig. 5, each wing'comprising the frame 10 and the cross-piece l1. The head 3 has also .pivoted thereto the garment-supporting arms 113, the pivot-points 14 of the same with the heady being below the pivot-points 12 of the wingswith the head, for purposes hereinafterv Y rubber lips 1617, the lip 16 being shown as having a depression therein and the lip 17 h aving a corresponding projection to fit the depression, thus operating to more firmly hold the garment in place'. A

l l The garment-supporting arms 13 are conA ICC nected by a suitable toggle-joint comprising the toggle-levers 19 20, the said levers being pivoted tothe arms 13 intermediate their ends and extending beyond the arms, as at 2l 22. The extended ends 21 22 of the levers 19 and 2O are pivotally connected to the Wings 9 by means of suitable links 23, the said links when the device is extended operating'to support the wings 9 in their operative position, as plainly seen in Fig. 1.

To maintain the garment-hanger in its extended or operative position, I have provided a locking mechanism operating to lock the toggle-levers 19 and 2O in alinement, as shown in Fig. 1, and for this purpose the lever 19 is shown as being extended, as at 27, beyond the pivotal point 25 between the same and the lever 20, and a sleeve 26 is carried by the arm 2O and is adapted to be telescoped over the projecting end 27 of said lever 19.

.Vhen it is desired to fold or collapse the garm ent-han ger, it is simply necessary to slide the sleeve 26 to the right, Fig. l, until the end 27 of the lever 19 becomes free, when the togglejoint may be buckled and the arms and wings folded into the position shown in Fig. 2.

It will be obvious that other forms of locking mechanism for maintaining the arms of the toggle-levers in alinement may be employed, if desired, the sleeve 26 merely being illustrated as one convenient form of locking device.

It is sometimes desirable to support the trousers from the lower end of the legs instead of from the waistband, and in order to adapt the garment-supporting arms 13 for supporting the trousers from either the waistband or the bottom I make the arms 13 of wire,the lower ends thereof being made flexible, preferably by making a loop 30 therein. With this construction the lower ends of the garment-supporting arms may be bent inwardly, as illustrated'in dotted lines in Fig. 1, sufficiently so that the' clips 15 are near enough together to allow the same to grip the lower ends of the trousers-legs.

From the above description it will be seen that I have provided a collapsible or folding garment-hanger which is adapted to support an entire suit., the said garment-hanger comprising a head to which is pivotally connected a pair of wings for supporting a coat or similar garment and also a pair of garment-supporting arms having suitable means for supporting a skirt or trousers, and various changes may be made in the structure of the device without departing from the spirit of my invention, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a garment-hanger, a head, a pair of wings pivotally connected thereto and adapted to support a coat or like garment, trousers or skirt supporting devices depending from 'port a garment, and pivoted connections between said arms and wings, whereby thehanger may be folded when not in use.

4. In a garment-hanger, a head, a pair of garment-supportingarms pivotally connected 1 thereto, apair of toggle-levers pivoted to said arms intermediate their ends, a pair of wings pivoted to said head, and links connecting said wings and toggle-levers.

5. In a garment-hanger, a head, a pair of wings pivoted thereto on opposite sides thereof, apair of garment-supporting arms also piw oted to said head, the pivot-points of said arms with saidhead being below the pivot-points of said wings with said head, a pair of toggle-le vers pivoted together, and pivotally connected to the garment-supporting arms intermediate their ends, each of said toggle-levers extending outward beyond its pivotal point with the garment-supporting arm, links connecting said wings and extended ends of the toggle-levers, and means to lock the toggle-levers in alinement, the construction being such that when the locking means is released the arms and wings of the garment-hanger may be folded together.

6. In a garmenthanger, a head, a supporting-hook swiveled thereto, a pair of wings pivoted to the head, and when in operative position extending in opposite directions, a pair of garment-supporting arms also pivoted to the said head, and said arms and wings being flexibly connected together, whereby the de vice may be folded when not in use, and means to hold the said arms and wings extended.

7. In a garment-hanger, a head, a supportin g-hook having a ball-and-socket connection therewith, a pair of wings pivoted to said head, garment-supporting arms also pivoted to said head, said arms and wings being ilexi-4 bly connected together, and means to hold said arms and wings in their operative posiL tion, the construction being such that when not in use the arms and wings of the hanger may be folded together.

8. In a garment-hanger, a head of substantially inverted-U shape in cross-section, the

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side walls thereof each having a concave seat,-

garment-supportin g arms pivotally connected to said head, and means to hold said arms eX- tended.

9. In a garment-hanger, a head, a pair of yielding arms pivotally `connected thereto, said arms having at their lower ends springolamps, toggle-levers Connecting said arms intermediate their ends, and means to maintain said arms in their operative position.

10. In a garment-hanger, ahead, a su pport ing-hook swiveled thereto, a pair of Wings pivotally connected to said head on opposite sides thereof, a pair of garment-supporting arms also pivoted to said head, the lower ends of said arms being ilexible and having attached thereto spring-clamps, toggle-levers struction being sneh that When the toggle-1evers are buckled the arms and Wings maybe folded together. t

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

FREDERICK M. OSGOOD.

Witnesses:

JOHN O. EDWARD, LOUIS C. SMITH. 

